Posts by Alexandra Touroutoglou, PhD
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Gray to White Matter Signal Ratio Validated As Novel Biomarker of Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease
Deepti Putcha, PhD, Bradford C. Dickerson, MD, and colleagues have shown that the gray to white matter signal ratio on conventional MRI is additive to cortical thickness, and amyloid and tau deposition for detecting neuropathologic changes associated with early Alzheimer's disease.
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Research on Superagers Informs Potential Dementia Treatments
Research on superagers at Massachusetts General Hospital has led to a clinical trial of neurostimulation for Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias.
Biography
Alexandra Touroutoglou, PhD, is the director of imaging operations in the Frontotemporal Disorders Unit in the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.
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